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Posted On: October 27th 2026, 01:55 pm
Yoga Sutra 2.33, Pratipaksha Bhavana: cultivating the opposite 🤍
When we build awareness of how we’re feeling, thinking, moving and acting, we can shift anything negative into a more positive state of mind. Instead of fighting it, we consciously choose the opposite. So if you’re overthinking, move your body. If you’re feeling lazy, take one small action. If you’re feeling lack, find something to be grateful for.
It sounds simple, but it’s so powerful. Every time you choose the opposite, you interrupt an old pattern and create a new one. Today, we’d call this habit building, or neuroplasticity, the brain’s ability to rewire itself. I never fail to be amazed by how teachings written nearly 2,000 years ago are only now being echoed by neuroscience.
Shift internally, and your external world WILL respond.
#yogaphilosophy #yogasutras #mindsetshift #energyshift
When we build awareness of how we’re feeling, thinking, moving and acting, we can shift anything negative into a more positive state of mind. Instead of fighting it, we consciously choose the opposite. So if you’re overthinking, move your body. If you’re feeling lazy, take one small action. If you’re feeling lack, find something to be grateful for.
It sounds simple, but it’s so powerful. Every time you choose the opposite, you interrupt an old pattern and create a new one. Today, we’d call this habit building, or neuroplasticity, the brain’s ability to rewire itself. I never fail to be amazed by how teachings written nearly 2,000 years ago are only now being echoed by neuroscience.
Shift internally, and your external world WILL respond.
#yogaphilosophy #yogasutras #mindsetshift #energyshift
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